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Show LAWTON'S WIDOW. CHARMING WOMAN TO WHOM HE WAS DGVOTBD. A (Iral.ful Coontr Will a Thai lb Object of Ilia KT.ctlnm "liall Nat (tunl rnr II a louifatlaut Ilia la llrmra Ilia. "I am ready to die a soldltrs death at any tltno 1 haro no (ars for myielf my-ielf Hut 1 niu sorely troubled when I think of what would become ol my wife and children In su h on otent" Thus ipoke Gen llonrjr W Lnwton to a friend Iflit summer He died ai herora die at the head ot hli men In a warm engagement and whllo aiding a wounded luuordlnate Ho lift no fortune Korty ycara ol his life were clren to his country but hit pay was Inadequate to do moro than lupporl himself and his family Hut n grate ful country will raro for them The fund which Is to bo preacited to Mrs Lawton as a testimonial of Amerlcaus admiration for her gallant husband will probably reach tiCCCO It Is growing fast Mrs I.iwton was Mils Craig, ot lied-linus, lied-linus, Cal, nnd the generals happlett days wrro spent on their fruit farm In California, when tho great soldier was stationed at Iis Angeles. The orange groTea and tho residence at Itedlands are heavily mortgaged, but the fund will provide fir this and far her future comfort Mra Lnwton and the children chil-dren arc nt Minlla The marriage of the general and Mrs. Ijiwton was unusual At the Craig homestmd near Louisville, Ky, lives a favorite nnd Invalid routln of Mrs Lnwton, who was anxious to witness the muriate ceremony. A few days beforn the date set for the wedding tho cousin began to fall It was seen tbnt she was dying Shs realised It nnd nsked that flen (then major) Linton and his bride to-be be summoned to her bedside and there (tho day before the appointed date) Miss Craig bec-ime Mrs I-awton |